Abscisic Acid Suppresses Hypocotyl Elongation by Dephosphorylating Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plasma membrane H+-ATPase is thought to mediate hypocotyl elongation, which is induced by the phytohormone auxin through the phosphorylation of the penultimate threonine of H+-ATPase. However, regulation of the H+-ATPase during hypocotyl elongation by other signals has not been elucidated. Hypocotyl elongation in etiolated seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana was suppressed by the H+-ATPase inhibitors vanadate and erythrosine B, and was...